The Artist

Kristjana S Williams

Icelandic born artist Kristjana S Williams studied graphic design and illustration at Central St Martins and quickly gained critical acclaim as Creative Director of Beyond the Valley for 8 years. In 2011, Kristjana S Williams began creating fine art pieces, art prints, furniture and more. Williams’s inspiration lies heavily with layering nature upon nature and ‘the symmetry in all things living’, which stems from the artist’s childhood in Iceland. When growing up the artist found nature there stark and unforgiving. Never seeing trees or colourful butterflies or exotic flowers – everything seemed grey. Now in retrospect, she feels the complete opposite as though the colours and landscape are like nowhere else in the world. Each piece created by the artist is its own universe of botanicals, atmosphere and animals, each born and grown from the things that have inspired her since being a child in Iceland.Williams’ work has become well known throughout the industry winning numerous awards including a D&AD award, Clio Award and a first prize at New York Festivals Grand Prix. www.kristjanaswilliams.com

2018

London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts

The Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Outline Artist

The Affordable Art Fair New York, TAG Fine Arts

Paul Smith Los Angeles

Los Angeles, The Other Art Fair

The Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, TAG Fine Arts

Paul Smith New York

London Kings Cross, Art Car Boot Fair

London Victoria House, The Other Art Fair

Los Angeles, The Other Art Fair

Paul Smith Ablermarle Store - The Explorers’ Voyage Exhibition

The Affordable Art Fair Singapore, TAG Fine Arts

2017 Internationally - Exhibitions in Hong Kong, Singapore and New York with Tag Fine Arts2017 London - Pop Up shop in Harrods

2016 London - Design Junction Dyslexic design The Dyslexic Design exhibition, curated by one of the UK’s leading designers Jim Rokos, will challenge perceptions of dyslexia by accentuating the positive effects of living with dyslexia and its close association with design.-http://www.londondesignfestival.com/events/dyslexic-design

2016 London Art fairs - The other art fair Bristol, The affordable art fair Hampstead, The affordable art fair Battersea, The Other art fair West end2016 New York - Tag fine arts three dimensional art work

2015 London - The Shard - The Knowledge Artwork for their public spaces: The artwork has been transformed into a giant light box and is backlit with over 2,000 individual LED lights that create the ‘flowing’ River Thames and light up key elements to draw the eye in to fun historical facts of London.

2011 London - Interactive Print Journey - V&A British galleries The public were invited to try their hand at design by interacting with a range of richly patterned prints designed by Kristjana S Williams by using an iPad and an app called Granimator. Users were able to add detail in the form of creatures, floral motifs and gold leafing to a base design before uploading their final creations to share with friends via social media websites.

2003 - 2011 London - Helsinki - Beijing Beyond the Valley - By supporting new talent the store was a springboard for young blood and a picking ground for fantastic and unusual finds. The Daily Telegraph Shop Awards and was listed in Time Out’s 2011 Best Independent Store Guide. Beyond The Valley was voted as one of the top 100 UK Cool Brands for the last five years and was by cited by The Observer as one of their Top 50 Design Brands.

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